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Introduction to Programming with Fortran

With Coverage of Fortran 90, 95, 2003, 2008 and 77

  • Provides lots of examples including new and updated examples illustrating C Interop, IEE arithmetic, parameterised derived types

  • The problems at the end of each chapter are graded to test understanding of the concepts and language features introduced

  • Contains a new chapter on algorithms and the big O notation

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
  2. Overview

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 1-4
  3. Introduction to Problem Solving

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 5-16
  4. Introduction to Programming Languages

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 17-46
  5. Introduction to Programming

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 47-62
  6. Arithmetic

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 63-101
  7. Arrays 1: Some Fundamentals

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 103-114
  8. Arrays 2: Further Examples

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 115-129
  9. Whole Array and Additional Array Features

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 131-151
  10. Output of Results

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 153-177
  11. Reading in Data

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 179-195
  12. Summary of I/O Concepts

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 197-207
  13. Functions

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 209-230
  14. Control Structures

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 231-248
  15. Characters

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 249-263
  16. Complex

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 265-268
  17. Logical

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 269-273
  18. Introduction to Derived Types

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 275-282
  19. An Introduction to Pointers

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 283-292
  20. Introduction to Subroutines

    • Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
    Pages 293-300

About this book

In response to feedback from course delegates this third edition has been revised throughout. It expands on the second edition with new and updated examples in the chapters on arithmetic, i/o, character data, modules, data structuring and generic programming with minor updates to the rest of the chapters.

Key Features

·         lots of clear, simple examples highlighting the core language features  of modern Fortran including data typing, array processing,  control structures, functions, subroutines, modules,  user defined types, pointers, operator overloading, generic programming, object oriented programming and parallel programming

·         pinpoints common problems that occur when programming

·         illustrates the use of several compilers

·         with better standards conformance in compilers  there are new examples illustrating the following major features:

                - C Interop

                - IEEE arithmetic

                - parameterised derived types

Introduction to Programming with Fortran will appeal to the complete beginner, existing

Fortran programmers wishing to update their code and those with programming experience in other languages.


Reviews

“The book contains 36 chapters and five appendices. Each chapter is sharply focused. The presentation is clear and concise throughout. … This book could be an excellent choice for an instructor-led course in introductory programming, and not just for scientists and engineers. It can also be used by anyone, with or without prior programming experience, to learn Fortran through self-study.” (Edgar R. Chavez, Computing Reviews, computingreviews.com, May, 2016)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Rhymney Consulting, London, United Kingdom

    Ian Chivers

  • Fortranplus, London, United Kingdom

    Jane Sleightholme

About the authors

Ian Chivers and Jane Sleightholme are the joint owners of comp-fortran-90 which is a lively forum for the exchange of technical details of the Fortran language. Ian is the editor of the ACM Fortran Forum, and Jane and Ian have both been involved in the Fortran standardisation process. The authors have been teaching and supporting Fortran and related areas for over 40 years and their latest book reflects the lessons that have been learnt from this.   

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